VOL. XXX.
SP SHOESFOR EVERYBODY.
An immense exhibit of spring shoes. All
YOUR FEET CAN BE the latest, shades iu tun goat and R'is i 1
FITTED WITH calf, newest tips and stvles of !n-1,- W.-
HUSELTON'S SHOES. show everything in the lirie. Fo< nir
worth the having—but no irasb.
LADIES' FINE SHOE .
Never have shown to our customers so many new and beautiful styles
SB we are showing this spring, we are drawing customers every day by the
power of low prices backed with good qualitv Ther.- is nothing in a low
price unless tbe quality is back of it.
LADIES' FINE SHOES.
AH tbe styles worth bavin? have found then way to our h< um-
Lftdiea' fine shoes from 85 cts to $4 50. Don't foreet to see our shoes at
SI.OO. $1 25, $1.40, $1 50 and $2.00, tip or plaiu toe,common sense opera or
Phil's, last
MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S FINE SHOES.
We are showing a beautiful line in tan goat and Russia call, heel and
spring Tbey combine beeuty, service and low prices Misses' shces tt 80
cts. op Fine dongola patent tip .-pring heel, 12 2 only $1 00 Mii-set' ar <1
chiidren'e oxforJ* all colors Infants soft sole shoes in colors. CbildrtnV
sbocß 25 cts to 50 cts.
MEN'S FINE SHOES.
New attractions in high grade goods of the latest make, sound in
q alitT, tbey are straight square bargains every one of them and at a close
price. Men's brogana only 70 cts and SI.OO Men's fine shoes with tip a
SI.OO and $1.25 Men's fine ehoes extra nice at only $1 50 Men r s fine
shoes genuine call fine only $2 00 In lace and congress tip or plain, then
our tan bluchers and patentcalf are beauties, welts and hano
fctfttd in calf and cordovan at $2 50 and up
JN BOY'S AND YOUTH'S SHOES
We lead as usual in style, qualit; and low prices. Boy's fine button or lace
at $1 00 and $1 25, sizes 3 to Youth's fine shoea at 75u.mi SIOO.
Full line Men's box toe heavj shoes in giain :.nd kip at 00 Kip !
box tee boots, tbrte soles, long leg, at ?3.00 and 350 Repairing uli kinds
din b 1 itascnabie prices. Came and see lor yuursei'.
B. C. HUSELTON. I
"IlfE ARE STILL ON DECK. We have better facilities, larger
stock and lower prices than ever before. We broke the back
bone of high prices in Butler county several years ago, and have been
pounding it ever since. The result has been satisfactory to us,although
it took lots of nerve and hard work, but the people are with us and
by their support financially, and good words spoken, we have kept
manfully on in the same way we -started out, having for our motto —
"Never misrepresent nor try to get rich oft one customer;' so that
to-day everbody is our friend and customer. One purchase here
means a customer for life. + + +
If you have not been here lately you should com • and see us
now. t t t + t t t
Top Buggies, only 545.001 And everything belonging to a
Spring Wagons, only - 35.00 driving or team outfit at corres-
Buck Wagons, only - 30.00 pondingly low prices. No
Buggy Harness, only - 4.25 difference what you want to
Leather Work Harness,only 18.00 use about a horse or team come
Buggy Whips, only - 10 here for it. We have even reduc-
Harness Oil, per gallon 50 f ed the price of Kramer wagons.
Sweat Pads, (collar) - 35 ,We also nave now a lot of the
Singletrees, only - 25 very finest buggies, wagons and
Team Collars, only 75 . harness made in the world,
Buggy Collars, only 75 which we sell at prices others j
Curry Combs, only ioj charge you for common work.
S. B. IMartiiicoirrt <fc 00.,
128 East Jefferson Street, Butler, Penn'a.
Grand+Opening
FDRNITORE^
AND
Tuesday, April 4,1893,
We have one the finest build
ings and the most com
plete stocks in the state.
All are invited to call on the
above day and see
our display.
Campbell & Templeton,
BUTLER, PA.
Tbe new store of Douthett & Graham will be open for business
April let.
We will open with an entirely new stock of clothing for men,
boys and children. Also a line of hats and gents fine famishing
goodp.
You are respectfully invited to call and examine our goods
and if we cannot then interest you, as to quality, make and price,
its oar fault.
Call and seo us whether you wish to buy or not. No trouble
to »how goods.
Remember every article in the store brand new. You will have
no old chestndts to look at.
DOUTHETT & GRAHAM,
A. & H. Reiber Building,
Cor Main and Cunningham Sts , Butler, Pa.
™isK Rit ft •
mVFB/E' ifil
HM- FEVER IF, £fl
W COLD " HEAD
Kljf* Crtom Balm u not a liquid, tnujf or powder. Applied into ' jioxtrih it it
_g± fuiekly absorbed. It clranaes t/u he<id, allay* inflammation, heal* _ _
KRa the tore*. Sold by druaaists or tent by moil on recr-pt of price. Cis.-'j
3UC ELY BROTHERS. 56 Warn Street NEW VORK. QUU
Tin: BUTLER CITIZEN.
■THE KIND |
• THAT CURES"
*' Z
i ■ MR-, fkinda rams, HI
Ticoaderoga. N. Y.
iIA Victory Over Disease !fi
P? "Terrible Pain ill Head and g
■ Stomach !" (I
| "My Face was one Mass oi m
( Eruptions!"
■ "Walked the Floor Night g
| * After Night!"
■iThe follo'winr from Mrs. Hams provesßß
S the WONDfEFUL POWER of DAKA'ag
■| over disease. £-1
■= 10 y«r« «p.. find the Mra>lr> * ...i'i'i K
UTV Mdihavc. ! , .
XI v'risll :ra ■: .. . I l-lt.ll
ißLi: P.UN «> MV HKV P ' B
■I ,nlhi. aWo icven! pain ill i r rtuiMurn np-p
r= j ~! to raui-d by I-lvrr Ir'mnle.^
■ Mihi after ni:;'' "
= l>cll<-il to walk Ilie fl«M»r .fthißi
H«.rrll>H' paiii. «-•••! th* v=i . ai my=
■ *-.: i onr main of eruption** . HI
Sat tim-fj as t > b covered al*no»t entirely es
Sgwltli *cnl»». I * djoar p'-y'.'S, andt.. ught^
■ I would try OIK- bottle of fl|
1 DANA'S 1
| SARSAPARILLA j§
■■■though I had to many 'lifl "v'nt j*»ad:< i ' »---
gPw:t'";"Ut any help, I had hut llale faith. B«'f»rv I jay
j taken one bottle I ft n Kreat #!♦ :»! SB
■ lietter. I have now Uken two, ami do not=
f<l like the -ir...-w ,rnan. I can g<> tob-d «£->ai
A 1.1. MGHT. The ter-ll
j Hrible p;»in hs« ilrparte«l. T tlr« cl
"feeling I i-e«l : • entirely «o»e. "v M
t-»« • « -.v« I'. =
I Hcnr>' r.u- rrt:r« iv. Yours FC*|« < t/u. • - *"i"~
! ™ Ti . n.ler. pa.'.V. Y. MRS. FRI-VDA HAMS. H
■ T-. whom « may concern .—- I hiT.l.r o- 'fyto =
the U-.IHI of the a(>o*f. i'. W. B IHIO , m
fg Ticoßdcrog»,Y. Ph*nn»cM. H9
|§ Dun 3 SarssDtrllla Co., Belfast, Maine, §g
FRANK KEMPER,
DEALER IN
BLANKETS,
HARNESS,
And everything in
horse and ivir
nishing r* oocLs -TT a. r -
ness, Collars, "Whips.
Dusters, Saddles, etc.
trunks and va
lises.
Repairing done on
short notice.
The largest assort
ment oi 5-A. Horse
blankets in town will
be lound at KemDer's.
Pii -n 1 i J ° r IT ioyi
;I BNILBI ILLL
PRICES i-> the no", i at cor
_ Moie.
If voo sre kick god need medi :ne
you warn tJm BEST. Ti.ia yon cud
alwavs dept-'ri upen ? ti £j ;r 'rom up,
as we u?e n<ibi:ig tut t-tricily Pure
Drugs iu our Prescription Depart
ment. Vou cm g< t the U-iit « f every
thing i" the drug line from u.-.
Uur Ft''re is also headquarters f r
PAINTS OilS, VARNISHES,
Kalsomine, Alabastine L
Get our prices before you buj
PaiDtn, aod see what we havo to
offer. We eau Bave you dollars on
your pnint bill
Ilespectfullv
J. C. REDiCK,
Main St.. next to Hotel Lowry
BUTLKH, PA.
HerrWe Are Right To Tbe
Front Witli Spot Cash Prices.
Wo have some overcoats l<;ft an '
have made prices on them tuat
will move them soon We
do not winh to curry
over a garment of
heavy goods
and if
low prices will
clear them out we
• shall do it, 60 before
buying clothing or furnishings
for men or boys inspect the goods
and rock bottom spot cash prices at
The Racket Store,
120 S. Main St., 15uller, Pp.
1,. c. WICK
UKALKK IN
Rough and Worked Lumber
OP ALL KINDS
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings,
Shingles and Lath
Always in Slock.|
LIME. HAIR AND PLASTER.
Office opposite P. &, W. Depot,
BTTTLER P \.
SEE These Prices on EVERGREENS.
10,000 Norway Spruce, I toe inches
10.000 Balsam Kir. 4 lo k inches lil l:. lo.noo
Arbor Vltie, » to 15 Inches high. lo.otut
Scotch Pine. Ito K inches hlirh. tlo. over j»>
varieties, t,oo(>,(mki rur Kale.
TfiFRS 100 - 000 Whi,f ' ' ••'tonv.oul,
runiioi IIVDIJO.I u, 100,000
Yellow Cotton wood. I_' to 21 inch. ti'o. imio»o
Suk'nr Maple. Ito n lncii. $35. 1000 CO" 1:1 in, Ito
« Inch. $75. We .sold 5,000.1110 In l-'.j. \\ ,■ nmst
sell twice as many this year. O'o- ihum n i
overstocked with all vnri He, anil >l/rs < f fruit
and ornamental trees. We must dear some of
tlicni out. Send for in Ice 1' s.
EVERGREEN NURSERIES,
Evergreen, Wis.
WANTED.
Agents to sell our choice and Hardy
Nursery Stock. We liave many -jovial
varieties, both in fruit - nnd ornnmentul* t<•
offer, which are controlled only l> . . We
pav Coinuiii'sMin or salary. \Vrile us a:
once for terms, and secure ehoici <1
tory.
MAY BItOTIiEK.S. -Nurserymen,
Rochester, H. Y.
Adventures of Tad;
OU TBI:
HAPS AND MISHAPS OF A LOST SACHEL
A Story for Youngr and Old.
BY FRANK H. rOSV!' 1 !^.
Acrnoa OF "I\ .. : ADAMS." "Buw.t OCT
TO SEA," "PACT. GRARROS,™ ETC
[Copyright? ?. by D. Lot'. r op <f- Co., end
Putli'h'd by Sped il Arrangement.]
CHAPTER X.
On the following morning, when
Ttul, having opened his eyes to the
jrlail sunlight which streamed in at the
east window of his little room, began
to pull Ub dr way idiM together, ho
remeinberud that it was Sunday.
■ They'll wani nie to go to church,
»nd I don't look tl .-ent," thought Tad,
iiseonsolately, with a glance in the di
rection of tha chair where he had
placed his threadbare clothing the
aight before.
But what was this? A partly worn
suit of serviceable tweed cloth —the
very counterpart of that in which Joe
Whitney was arrayed when he sprang
aboard the "Mary J hung over the
chair-back. And that was not nil. In
the chair itself lay all the other essen
tials of ;i boy's toilet, neatly folded,
even to a eonrse white linen collar, a
whi.-p ui black neck-ribbon, a pair of
but little used lace-up boots, and a
"second-best" straw hat.
Scarcely able to believe the evidence
of his astonished eyes. Tad slipped out
of bed and proceeded to investigate.
On the top of the pile was a bit of pa
per, whereon, in tin irregular, boyish
scrawl, were written the words: "to Pay
for makin' Miss smith think you was
deef and playin i was a bare.—J. Whit
ney."
After Tad had gono to bed on the
previous evening, Mrs. Flagg slipped
over to Deacon Whitney's, and ably
seconded by the special pleadings of
Joe, succeeded in enlisting the full sym
pathies of the family in behalf of shal>-
bily-dressed Tad. Joe's wardrobo was
overhauled, and a selection made, re
sulting in tha surprise to Tad which I
have mentioned.
"Well, he's what I call a nice-look
ing boy," was Mrs. Flagg's inward
comment, as Tad, with hair neatly
combed and face and hands scrubbed
till they fairly shone, came shyly down
stairs dressed in his new suit.
Polly smiled upon liim approvingly;
the Captain remarked that he didn't
know about taking such a dandified
looking chap to church along of such
plain-dressed folks as the Flagg family;
and Mrs. Flagg gave him a motherly
kiss.
"That's so much like Joe," laughed
Poll} - , as the display of the paper which
Tad had found with his little gift
necessitated an explanation of Joe's
previous performances.
"Always remember. Tad," coun
selled the Captain, with a grave shake
of the head, as they sat down to the
tabic together, "what Solomon says
about a wise son makin' a glad father
—aiid—and he that is not warned
thereby is not wise," concluded Captain
Flagg, who w as sometimes a little hazy
in the correctness of his quotations.
After breakfast, tho Captain road a
chapter from the New Testament aloud.
" WELL, HE IS WIIAT I CALL A NICE
LOOKING BOY."
making comments upon the text, for
the edification of Tad and Polly, who
listened with respectful attention. And
then, after awhile, at the summons of
the rather unmusical church-bell, the
whole family decorously made their
way to the meeting-house, close by.
The Bixporters were, generally speak
ing, ti church-going people; and, on the
pleasant April morning of which I
speak, the church was well filled.
T«f Tad's secret joy. Deacon Whit
ney's pew was next Captain Flagg's,
and soon he had tho extreme satisfac
tion of seeing Joe tiling in ahead of his
sister, followed by Mrs. Whitney and
the deacon. Joe sat at the extreme
end, and thus the two boys were divided
only by the slight partition between
tho pews.
Joe greeted Tad with a wink, and
clasping his hands together, rolled his
eyes upward, as though in rapturous
astonishment at Tad's festive appear
ance.
"I think you're just as good as you
can be, and 1 wish I had something to
give youl " whispered Tad. warmly.
"Poll, that's all right," returned Joe,
shrugging his shoulders carelessly; and
a whispered conversation ensued, which
was only checked by the entrance of
the minister; whereat Joe, duly admon
ished by a poke of his sister's fan, and
aglance of mild rebuke from tho dea
con, subsided into a temporary atten
tion, with his hands being plunged
deeply into his pockets and his eyes
fixed steadfastly upon good Mr. Allen.
But, I am sorry lo say, Joe's thoughts
were by no means in keeping with the
place, lie was cherishing, and even
planning, a dire revenge on uncon
scious Samantha Nason —who sat di
rectly iu front of him, in Miss Smith's
pew —for what he called her "tattling"
of tho previous day.
The service proceeded in tho good
old-fashioned way peculiar to country
churches. All denominations wor
shipped under the same roof, and Mr.
Allen's words were but a plain and
simple talk about the lessons taught by
One who once walked upon earth, aud
spake as never man spake. There was
very much in it. that Tad perfectly un
derstood, and, as lie listened, a dim de
sire to fashion his young life after the
teachings of the great Master began to
take form in his mind. True, it was
only embodied in the simple thought,
"I'll try to be a better boy," yet from
such beginnings oftentimes comes tho
real success oi a truo Christian live.
.4.11(1 when the sermon closed Tad felt
'.hat he should never be tired of listen
ing to a minister who made things as
plain as did Mr. Allen.
Now, it was Suuaantha Nason's inva
riiible habit to' sit through the Ringing,
while the others rose. *1 work hard
nil the week, uml I'm going to inaku
Sunday lay day of rest," said Saiuau
tha once, a little defiantly, "an' I guess
* 6 1, v
4 <:uu wor~iiip tin.* Lord m well settin'
i ilowu ns t-taiuliu' up."
UFTLEH. FRIDAY. APHIL 1 1893.
A« tho closing hymn was being sung, !
Tad noticed that Joe, who all through i
the service had kept his right hand j
persistently in his pocket, slowly with- {
drew it. though without rumoring his
eves from the pages of the hymn-book. (
and, seemingly holding something in j
his grasp, slipped his closed hand gently
along on the lodgo of the pew before j
him, till it w i ia c' -sc proximity to i
the back of Miss Nasou's neck. Then
he stole a sly glance in the direction of
his father and mother, who were too
intent upon following the words of the |
hymn (in which their daughter Nellie's !
voice uprose as clear and sweet as the
notes of a woodland bird) to notice the
movements of their son. Slowly Joe's ;
lingers unclosed, nnd nfter n moment !
his hand stole back to a place beside its i
ftiiow.
'•Xow what is he up to!" thought
Tad, warned by the shadowy grin on
Joe's features. And, following the
direction of his friend's eyes. Tad's tin- j
spoken question was answered. Clumsi
ly clambering over the back of the
prim rufllo about Miss Nason's neejf
was a brown wood-beetle, as big as
the end of Tad's little tinger. But be
fore he could decide what to do Miss
Nason bounced to herfeetwitha stifled
exclamation, and clutched frantically
at her back hair. Unfortunately she
caught hold of the innocent beetle it
self, and. giving vent to a shrill
scream that made the rafters of the
house ring, she threw it violently from
her, to the great consternation of
every one in the house, many of whom
imagined Miss Nason had discovered a
mouse in the pew.
Mr. Allen pronounced the benedic- !
tion and dismissed his congregation.
And naughty Joe Whitney, holding his !
cap before his face, choked and gasped, |
in the agonies of suppressed laughter, j
all the way to the door.
CHAPTER XI.
Tho promise of April had given 1
placo to the fulfillments of June, filling i
tho air with summer sunshine and '
beauty. Tad, under tho supervision ol
Mi.-s Smith, whoso angular features
were shaded by an immense garden*
hat, was weeding the pansy-bed in the
front yard. Miss Smith, who wa3 a
great flower-lover, mado somewhat oi
a specialty of cultivating sweet-peas
and pansies, which she gave away iu
their season with a liberal hand.
You would hardly have recognized
Tad in the brow T u-faced boy, in blue
overalls, bending lovingly over the
quaint, upturned flower-faces that
peered into his own. He had taken to
his new vocation with surprising read
iness, and Miss Smith secretly congrat
ulated herself on having at last found
a boy after her own heart, though she
seldom allowed her satisfajtionto show
itself in the form of words.
"Hero comes that Forrest chap
again." muttered Miss Smith, discon
te; :jdly, as she glanced toward an
elaborately-dressed young man who
was sauntering along the elm-shaded
street; "I wish he'd kept away about
his own business, and not come idling
round, taking your attention off'n your
work."
For Mr. Paul Forrest was one of John
Dot} > city boarders, who had scraped
an acquaintance with Tad very soon
after coming to Bixport. He seemed
to take a singular interest in Tad,
which, as ho explained to Miss Smith,
aroso from tho boy's strong resem
blance to his youngest and only brother,
who had died a year previous—"the
last one, excepting myself, of a family
at seven," he said, with sail smile,
for Mr. Forrest did a great deal of
smiling, first and last; and, curious
enough, Tad, in some vague way, was
reminded by it of tho genial Mr. Jones,
tvhom he had met in Boston, before
:oming to Bixport. Of course, this
was simply an absurd fancy on his
part. The fraudulent Jones was a
smooth-faced young man, with gold
tippetl teeth—while Mr. Paul Forrest
sported a very glossy black mustache,
that had a purplish tinge in certain
lights, and tho whitest and most even
teeth that were ever seen outside a
ientist's establishment; neither was the
little blueish scar visible upon Mr.
Forest's white forehead, that Tad had
noticed upon the intellectual brow of
Jones. Yet, all the same, he often un
consciously connected the two in his
mind, even while he laughed at his
awn folly in so doing.
"Miss Smithj good-morning—Tad,
my boy, how are you?" exclaimed Mr.
Forrest, with his efl'usivo smile, as he
lounged idly up tho garden-path, and,
with a coolness peculiar to himself, sat
down on the edge of the garden piazza.
Miss Smith stiffly acknowledged the
greeting, and Tad, glancing up shyly,
said he was pretty well. He was a lit
tle flattered by Mr Forrest's evident
interest in himself—though he was not
quite sure that he liked it. after all. He
had nothing in common with the city
bred gentleman, and was rather puz
zled to know what Mr. Forrest could
have in common with himself.
"Come into the house after you get
through weeding. Tad; I want you,"
said Miss Smith, stalking past the una
bashed Mr. Forrest, who sat quite at
his ease, with the ivory head of his cane
between his lips.
"Yes'm," was the meek reply, and
Tad silently continued his work, wish
ing that Mr. Forrest would go, for ho
was very well aware that Miss Smith
did not at all approvo of the gentle
man's frequent visitations.
In a small village like Bixport, wlioro
every body's business Is public prop
erty, the story of Tad and his traTeling
eachel was generally known, as was
also the fact that 110 attention had over
been paid to Captain Flagg's advertise
ment. So it was not strange that Mr.
Forrest should be in possession of tho
came knowledge. He had referred to
the matter casually in conversation
with Tad, declaring that it was a mighty
interesting incident iu real life—come,
now!
"So you never opened the little allV
gator-skiu saehel, to see what was in
it—ch. Tad?" suddenly asked Mr. For
rest, after a short pause.
"Why, 110, sir! I haven't a key—
and, if I had, I don't think it would be
just the thing, either,"' replied Tad, a
little surprised at the unexpected ques
tion.
"Oh, I don't know," remarked Mr.
Forrest, coolTV; "there might be some
thing in it that would give you a clew
to the real owner."
"That's true," murmured Tad, who
had never thought of this before.
"/ think it's your duty to try and
open it," continued Mr. Forrest, seeing
the impression he had made.
"But 1 couldn't without breaking the
lock, and I should not like to do that,"
Tad answered, with a perplexed look.
"1 suppose you keep it iu your pos
session?" inquired Mr. Forrest, care
lessly; and Tad nodded. "Then, why
not bring the bag over to my room this
evening—l dare say some of my keys
will unlock It," suggested the geutle
man, blandly.
"I'll think about it, sir," replied Tad,
cautiously, for he was not quite sure
that it would be just the right thing to
moreover, be wanted to ask
the advise of Miss Smith, in whose
good judgment Tiwl had the firmest con
tidence, before taking any such decisive
step.
••If there had been any thing of much
value in it," Mr. Forrest observed,
watching Tad closely, "tho owner
would have baeu likely to have adver
tised in the city papers."
••Yes," returned Tad, "but then w«
shouldn't be any the wiser for that,
down here in Birport, for about the
only city papers that come here are the
CongrcgationaHst and the New England
Farmer.''''
"By George!" said Mr. Forrest, with
a gay laugh, "mv curiosity is consider
ably excited by that mystorious saehel.
Look here. Tad!" he continued, will
an extravagant display of teeth, "Pn"
one of the queerest fellows you evei
saw, and I'll tell vou what I'll do. I'll
give you a new clean ten-dollar bill foi
tho bag without seeing it —unknown
contents and all; what do you say?"
"Couldn't think of it, sir!" Tad re
plied, quietly.
"Fifteen? Well," he continued, gay
ly, as Tad shook his head resolutely,
'' what will you take ? Twenty? Twenty
five?"
"Why, it isn't mine to sell, sir," was
the same grave reply, and Mr. Forrest
muttered something under his mus
tache in refcrenco to "an obstinate
young fool," which Tad did not quits
catch.
Further conversation on tho subject
was prevented by tho sudden appear
ance of Polly Flagg, acoompanied by
Joe Whitney, on her way to school.
Polly, who was a special favorite with
Mis 3 Smith, had permission to pick all
the flowers she wanted. So, with a
smile and nod to Tad, she began cull
ing a little bouquet of purple pansies
for Miss Burbank, her teacher; while
Joe, with one hand in his pocket, calm
ly munched a huge winter Baldwin,
which ho held in tho other.
"Havo a bite, Mr. Forrest," asked
Joe, advancing tho unbitten 6ide
of the apple, with easy familiarity.
To please tho youth Mr. Forrest con
descendingly and unthinkingly set his
tooth in a portion of tho tempting fruit.
Joe jtrked away his hand suddenly, for
some reason or other, and stood appar
ently transfixed with astonishment as
he did so, for inserted in tho apple
which he held was left a very nice set
of false teeth.
THE TELL-TALE BITE.
With an inarticulate exclamation Mr.
Forrest grasped apple and all, and van
ished through the gate, leaving a small
party of three convulsed with laughter,
which was onlv checked by the ap
pearance of Miss Smith, who conde
seeuileil to smile grimly when she heard
of the unfortunate occurrence.
"False feeth, yes!—and, likely
enough, that mustache of his is false,
too," sharply said the lady, who had
taken an unaccountable dislike to Mr.
Forrest from tho very first time she
had laid eyes on him. A suggestion
which, taken in connection with the
conversation of a few minutes before,
made Tad unusually thoughtful for the
rest of the day.
"If you take that rid'cule over to
John Ooty's you're u bigger fool than
! think for," was Miss Smith's tart rc
nark, when Tad spoke to hor on the
inbject. "Pm free to confess," sho
rontinuod. after a little, "that it
niglitn't be such a bad plan to opou
;ho bag, aud 6eo what's in it—that is,
f Cap'n Flagg thinks it's tho right
ihing to do, she added, for she had
tonsiderable respect for tho Captain's
judgment. But the Captain was away
»n a coasting trip; so the matter had to
be deferred until his return, rather to
the disappointment of Miss Smith,
whose secret curiosity as to tho con
tents of the bag had something to do
with hor suggestion.
So, when Tad again saw Mr. Forrest,
he told him that ho guessed ho
wouldn't do any thing about opening
the saehel, for awhile longer, at least—
perhaps he might see it advertised in
some of the city papers yet, if lie could
only get hold of tho right one.
Mr. Forrest smiled unpleasantly, and
said, rather sneeringly, that he had
kept run of the city papers as con
stantly as most people, and, to his cer
tain knowledge, no such advertisement
had ever been published, nor would
there ever be, as tho owner was doubt
less dead, or had long since given tip
the search of his lost property. Of
course, Tad would do as ho liked—it
was nothing to him; and Tad noticed a
decided chill in tho tone and manuor
of tho usually gonial Forrest, as ho
turned away.
And yet," in spite of the gentleman's
assertions as to the matter of the adver
tisement he carried in his insido coat
pocket a copy of tl • Boston Journal,
which contained a notice of considor
ablo importanco to Tad Thorne. could
ho but havo known it.
(TO IIS CONTINUED.)
Accommodating.
Husband—After to-day I'm going to
try a new plan with you. Every time
you get a new dress it must be under
stood that I can invite my friends here
to a little poker party and a merry
time generally.
Wife (sweetly)— You can have them
every night, dear, if you want to. —
Truth.
Getting Kvcii.
Little Johnny—l got even with the
teacher to-day.
Little Diek —How?
Little Johnny—lt was my turn to
speak a piece, an' so I got up an' spoke:
"Don't kill th' birds, th' pretty birds,"
an' I pretended to cry an' made it real
affectin' —an' there she sat with one in
her hat.—Good News.
Making the Mint of It.
Dashaway—What, you haven't got
your watch chain on with your dress
suit, have you? Don't you know it's bad
form?
Travers—l can't help it, old fellow,
it's the only opportunity I'll have to
wear it in the next thirty days.—N. Y.
Journal.
Hon It Happened.
Maud—Major, is it true that once
during the war one of the enemy died
to save your life?
Maj. Bluntly—Yes.
Maud —llow noble! How did it hap
pen?
Maj. Bluntly—l killed him.—-N. O.
Times-Democrat,
CHASED BY A BOX CAR.
An Exciting Kplsode of Itailroadiuc In tb«
Colorado Moanlii—
"l was chased once by a box car."'
said an ex-railroad man, to a Kansas
City Journal representative. "It was
out in Colorado, the land of steep
grades and sharp curves. We were slid
ing down the mountains one day with a
baggage car and two coaches. I was on
the rear platform looking at the road
when I descried a box car coming down
the grade at a rate of speed that was
appalling. If it struck us we were gone
sure, for it would smash the entire train
into kindling wood and pile it up in
one of the gorges. Our only hope was
to either outrun or wreck it. The en
gineer caught sight of it at the same in
stant that I did, and put the lever down
among the tallow pots.
"It appeared impossible that we could
hold the track on the sharp curves
while moving more than a mile a min
ute. but we did, and the box car con
tinued to saw wood. If we could once
get to the foot of the grade we would
be safe, but that was soon seen to bo
impossible. Rapidly as we were going
| the box ear continued to gain upon us,
and now we could see that it was loaded
with iron. Something must be done and
that quickly. All the passengers had
i fled into the forward coach, nnd were
j hanging on to the seats. I signaled
the engince* 1 to shut off. set a brake
: hard on the rear coach, pulled the pin
and the engineer opened the throttle,
i We had not gone one hundred yards be
, fore the box car ran into the coach aud
] sent splinters flying a quarter of a mile
high. Both went plunging over *ito a
chasm, and I hunted up a passenger who
had a pocket flask, and reinforced my
1 nerves."
CHANGEABLE ROSES.
One of the Florleultural Achievement* ot
Oriental People*.
The Chinese, the Japanese and the
! Siamese know a thing or two about
botany and floriculture that would be
of much value to the German, English
and American botanista One of their
achivements —the one on which they
pride themselves above all others, un
less it is the art of raising oaks in thim
bles—is the "changeable rose," a real
rose in everything except that it is
white when in the shade and blood-red
as soon as the sun strikes it. The words
"as soon" in the last sentence above do
not literally mean instantaneously, but
one thing is sure, the transformation is
rapid enough for the wondering eyes
that are allowed the rare pleasure of
beholding such a wonderful sight.
After night, or when in a dark room,
says the St. Louis Republic, this
curiosity of the rose family is a
ipure, waxy white blossom. When
transferred to open air the transforma
tion immediately sets in, the time of th<
entire change of the flower from white
to the most sanguine of all sanguine
hues depending on the degree of sun
light and warmth. First the petals
take on a kind of washed or faded blue
color, which rapidly changes to a very
faint blush of pink. The pink gradu
ally deepens in hue until you find that
your lily-white rose of an hour before
is as red as the reddest peony that ever
bloomed.
DIDN'T FOOL HIM.
VanderbUt Was Something; of u Jidp o
Jewels Himself.
A good story is told of one of the Van
derbilts, says an exchange. While
abroad recently he was visited by a
rich Berlin jeweler, who, without wait
ing the usual formalities incident to
gaining an audience, marched in on
Mr. Yanderbilt unannounced. The in
truder was an elderly man with an in
telligent. face anil nitireH in fsmltVss
evening dress, the fashion prescribed
by European etiquette for visits to po
tentates. ambassadors and other high
dignitaries, irrespective of the hour or
season. Mr. Yanderbilt was surprised,
but not overwhelmed, by the jeweler's
evident attempt at continental com
plaisance. lie listened to his tale of
the "greatest ruby on earth," which
the dealer was willing to dispose of at
a sacrifice, with a courteous air, and
then offered him one-tenth of the price
demanded.
"I have five stapes of exactly tlio
same dimensions and coloring," said he,
"and am willing to complete the half
dozen at a fair figure. You may send
me your answer within two hours.
Good morning."
The answer arrived eighteen minutes
before the prescribed time had elapsed.
It was in the affirmative.
CROWS IN COLD WEATHER.
Hurt! Winters Mnk« It Difficult for Tli<-m
to Find Food.
Farmers are often annoyed through
out the south and west, especially in
Kentucky, by vast numbers of crows
collecting on their farms as if by a com
mon instinct, and so great is this host
of birds that they have the audacity to
attack and devour-large hogs and sheep.
Even old ewes are killed, being too
weak to resist the attack. The ground
being covered with snow, the crows
have no chance to get their accustomed
food, aud, driven desperate by starva
tion, immense Hocks may be seen on the
ice looking for fish or any scraps they
can pick up along the shore.
The crow greatly resembles the raven
in its habits, and delights to feed 011
carrion or to pick out the eyes of dead
or dying animals. It often attacks vari
ous kinds of game, because with the
help of great numbers it can kill the
larger creature. Frequently rabbits are
the pre}' of this bird, especially when
young, for then they can easily be
killed and carried off to be devoured.
The crow also feeds on reptiles and de
stroys many birds' nests. But in severe
winters they have a bard time in seek
ing food.
Cheap Traveling.
Hungary is stated to be the country
where railway traveling is the cheap
est. It is said to be possible to journey
from Buda Pesth to Kronstadt, a dis
tance of five hundred miles, for six shil
lings eight ponce, being at the rate of
six miles a penny. Low asathis price is
it is liable to a reduction of onc-lialf in
the case of laborers journeying in par
ties of not fewer than ten.
Ills Mark.
Ward llealoy—An' yer want to make
yer cross again' de names ye're votin'
fer. See?
Micky Ilalligan—No, I don't. Sura, I
don't have to make no cross. I was ed
dlcated, I was, an' I kin write me name
wid anny wan of 'em!— Puck.
Unappreciated MUHIC.
"I'm sorry you don't like the new
nurse," she said to her husband. "She
Is good about singing to the baby and
keeping him quiet."
"Yes," was the reply, "that's just it.
I'd rather hear the baby cry."—Boston
Globe.
I'namhltlous Hens.
A gcutleman who does business in
New York but lives up the Hudson, met
a neighbor on a Central train. The lat
ter had a large ostrich egg.
"What are you doing with that ostrich
egff?'
"I'm taking it out to my farm, where
I am going to hang it up In my poultry
j yard."
"For what purpose?"
"I want to inspire my liens with am
bition to do better than they have been
doing."—Texas Siftings.
A Very Peculiar Calf.
Butcher —Have you any orders this
morning, madaine?
Young Wife (who is keeping house) —
Yes, that calf's liver you brought me
, last week was very line. I want another
I one, but be sure aud get it from the
sauio calf, my husband is very rar-,
t jf'lll'"- —Teyaw siftinyg. _ 4
A DAIRY PARADOX.
Contact with the Air Spoils Milk In »
Frw Hoar*.
Thunder has no effect upon milk be
yond this, that I'uring thundery
weather '.he atmospheric conditions are
exceedingly favorable tor the rapid de
velopment of the germsof fcriaentthat
make milk sour, and tlieir active mul-
I Implication in the milk hastens the de
struction ox the milk, writes John
Gould in the Country Geiitleioau. But
so far as ihunder doing the d;>masre by
the jarring of milk, the effect would be
the same as if one should cause the
milk to be atritated slightly, and ao
more. Milk that is cooled down to
forty-five degrees, a point too cold for
the germs of fcrineut Hi reproduce
themselves, will not be affected by the
thunder, though exposed to the air,
and 1 Should be pleased to bear of a
i case of milk being made "thuuder-
SOi'r' tliat was in a deep cold settter.
It is an opinion held by a great many
people connected with the dairy that
' milk spoils of its own accord; but the
truth is it sp< ils from contact with the
air. And if it w ere possible to conduct
the milk of a healthy, well-fed cow
iuto a cau from which the air had been
previously drawn, and then sealed, the
scientists tell us that it would keep al
most indefinitely; but as soon as it is
placed in contact with air it will sonr
in a few hours. Milk that has been
! iced, i. e., reduced to a low tempera
, ture, wili, on having its temperature
I raised, and lieing also aired, very
i quickly go to the bad. It is also a fact
that mill; as soon as drawn, if cooled
down a few degrees, by forcing a cur
rentof air through it. will have its "life"
prolonged for hours longer than simi
lar milk under the same conditions,
but not so submitted to the oxygeniz
ing of the air. though it seem* a para
dox to say that milk souriug is a result
of contact from the air, and that aera
tion of milk prolongs its keepingquali
ties.
A USEFUL BUILDING.
.Excellent Plan for a Combined Wood
house anil Washroom.
Every farmer should have a building
for the wood and coal, and it will cost
but little more to make it large enough
to be used as a summer washroom. The
ground plan of a convenient building
for this purpose is shown in the illus
tration, engraved from a sketch by L.
D. Snook. The woodhouse should be
entered directly from the kitchen, or
at least throngh a covered passage way.
If the room is provided with a floor, it
should be of plank or double inch
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ABOUND PL AX OF COMBINED WOOD AND
WASH HOUSE.
boards well supported underneath. A
solid dry earth floor answers every pur
pose, and wood may be sawed and split
upon it without injury. The coal bin
a is located in one corner and is so ar
ranged with a little outside door that
the coal may be shoveled directly into
the bin from the wagon. If 'bought
best the swill barrel b may occupy a
small space near the door. A small
work bench with vise attached may be
located near the window, and will
prove very convenient. Each room is
14x14 feet. lathe washroom may be
located a circular or railway churn
power c, also the washing machine d,
coffee mill, stove for boiling clothes
and other appliances. If finished with
wood or plaster, it may bo used for
washing purposes the year round, and
during the heat of summer the victuals
may be prepared in this summer
kitchen. The washing and ironing,
fruit canning and drying and many
other household tasks may be done
therein, thus keeping the main kitchen
in ffetter condition. If possible, this
building should be made with a second
story which will prove useful as a mis
cellaneous store room. —American Ag
riculturist.
A Word About SeedllOK*.
Seedlings are apt to succeed best
where they originate, says an author
ity. We might suppose a survival of
the fittest a cause. If one had sown
southern apple seed iu Dakota and one
survived it might be expected to be the
hardiest that germinated. If we had
sown apple seed produced from Dakota
trees we should have hoped to have
been more successful, expecting that
the Dakota-grown seed would inherit
and tend to perpetrate characteristics
produced by their parent's struggling
with the great severity of the climate.
Prof. Ileal has shown how the vital
forces of trees are thrown to the points
bearing the greatest strain or hard
ship, citing the strength of branches
that buffet every wind. This acci
dental characteristic might be utilized
in producing hardier varieties.
The I'M of L*nd l'laster.
The employment of land plaster in
stables is urged for two purposes; it
not only deodorizes and disinfects the
stable, thereby contributing to the
health of attendants and animals, but
it prevents the escape and going to
of the most valuable properties
oxthe food consumed by the stock. In
a recent plea made to farmers by
Hoard's Dairyman to try land plaster,
from one pint to one quart daily for
each animal, this authority says: "If
its affinity for ammonia, or nitrogen, is
so strong that it will gather this valu
able {frtilizer from the atmosphere,
the dews and rains, how invaluable
must it be in stables to take up and
same volatile element"
Force of Habit.
The largo and fashionable audience
attending the Snobbobopera house had
its eyes glued to the Iloetong's box,
where sat Count Boncsi di Banan, the
latest lion and a new arrival in the so
cial world.
Then the orchestra struck up the fa
miliar air of "Rigoletto" and the large
and fashionable audience were sur
prised to see the count arise with an
absent-minded manner and mechanical
ly extend his hat toward the galleries.
—Chicago News Record.
No l>oubt of It.
1 f you have a philosophical question
to ask, go to a philosopher, not to a
cynic.
"Do you believe In the transmigra
tion of souls?"' said a man to his friend.
"What is that?"
"Why, for instance, that this cow
has had a prior existence in another
form— perhaps I>ecn a being like my
self."
"Oh, no doubt the cow has been a
calf."—Judy.
A Bald Fact.
Young l'rankleigh—Hello, Wiggins!
I congratulate you upou tho wonder
ful change in your appearance. The
last time we met you were as bald as an
egg-plant. I see that the hair-restorer
has at last got in its good work.
Wiggins—Not at all; only made mat
ters worse. Got hold of my wife's hair
trudicutor by mistake and that did the
business.-rJudgc. i
COWED-OUT PASTURES.
Ou« Man itrstured Them With Udar*
nllk and CottnnM«d M»«1.
Where dairying has been followed
for a long term of years ! find apparent
everywhere the same conditions that
prevail on mr farm. While tIM mead
ows hare retained their fertility, and
in many cases became more produettrc.
the pasture fields are gradually but
surely being depleted of every element
of plant food by the continual carrying
away of the milk daily extracted from
them, without any other return than
the droppings of the grazing cows.
The tame grasses, such as timothy and
the clovers, have already gone, or are
rapidly disappearing. Nature, ever
fertile in expedients to cover her nak
edness, has supplied their places with
wild grass or weeds, destitute of nutri
ment—tough, wiry and undigestible;
only starvation will impel cows to
feed upon tliem. How can wc arrest
this tendency to barrenness, and how
restore these fields, a large part of
them rough and untillable, to their for
mer productiveness? Many alleged
remedies arc suggested; manv method*
have been tried. One says: "Reduce
the stock till a generous portion of the
annual growth is left to return to the
earth; the reserve of vegetable mold
or humus is real property," etc. It Is
said that "all things co-ue to him who
waits," but he who waits for cowed
out pasture to return to product! rone's
from its own resources will wait in
vain. Another advises sheep husband
ry as a panacea for wornout land. This
involves a costly change.—abandon
ment of a long experience in one pur
suit to become a novice in another.
That fertility follows sheep may be
true, but they must be preceded by
good management, thoughtful care
and with the wherewith to produce
fertility.
After a three-years' experience in
feeding a ration of skim milk and cot
tonseed meal to cows while at pasture
and noting its beneficial effect on the
quality and quantity of butter pro
duced, also closely observing its effect
on the fields where it had been carried
and distributed by the cows while
feeding upon them, I am of the opinion
that depleted, milked-out pastures may
be restored and carried to a higher de
gree of productiveness than any ever
before possessed without an extra out
lay of labor or expense, but with a
large annual increase of profit. Let
the hog be banished from the farm or
no longer be retained as an adjunct to
the dairy. The exhalations arising
from his habitation can well be dis
pensed with. The milk he consumes
to make a pound of pork will, if fed to
cows, make a pound of butter, worth
three or four times as much. Instead
of reducing the number of cows kept,
add at least twenty-five per c&nt
more. Give a pail of freshly-skimmed
milk with a feed ration, graded to the
butter capacity of each individual cow,
as often as the herd come to be milked.
This will be carried back to the fields
fiom which it was taken and dis
tributed more evenly than could pos
sibly be done by a manure spreader,
with compensating results sure to fol
low. Butter dairy farmers hare the
key to the situation in their own
hands. The false and wild grasses
will by this treatment disappear in
much less time than was ever required
to obtain their present foothold under
the old system. They can no more ex
ist and flourish on a fertile soil than
the tame and nutritious grasses on a
stei'He one.—Henry Morse, in N. Y.
Tribune.
BLANKET WITH WEIGHTS.
A Covering for Com That Caunot Get
L'nder Foot.
Some years ago, on a visit to lowa
during the winter, my attention was
called to the difficulty of keeping ani
mals warm. I then devised a plan, which
1 herewith explain. The object Is to
have a covering that cannot get under
foot or out of position. AA A A are
sheaves. Cords attached to the four
corners of the cover pass through the
sheaves, with weights attached at op
posite ends, CCCC. On each side of
the cover, longitudinally, are stretch
ers to keep the cover in position. By
making these stretchers heavier than
weights the cover always remains in
position,, falling when the animal lies
down, and rising with him. This cover
could be of sacking or cheap padded
stuff, as it could not get under foot or
be torn.—Country Gentleman.
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.
NEVER buy cheap cows. People,
usually, do not want to sell good cows.
Raise your own cows.
THE large farmer may perhaps be ex
cused for not maintaining a good dairy.
The small farmer cannot bo thus ex
cused.
Boors butter is rampant in our mar
kets. What are the dairy meetings do
ing to prevent this unholy competition
with honest butter?
WE sec it stated that scalding liot
water is the best to cleanse dairy uten*
sils. It is not true. Wash them with
cold water, and then apply hot water.
THE COW that is constantly confined
will suffer in health. No doubt of it
She may give a little more milk, lAit
she will not give milk as long as If she
had some exercise.
EVERY butter maker who makes the
best butter increases the consumption
of butter, ana that makes better prices.
The way to inaugurate a reform is to
begin with ourselves. —'Farmers'
Voice.
A Powerful Creature.
Mr. Hennery—Sam, have you seen
my new incubator?
Sam —Hencubator? No, sah; but cf
she done lay all dem yere eggs she am
a mighty pow'ful fine fowl, sah!—
Truth.
A l'lorida Winter.
Kate—What: are you going to marry
again so soon? Anil 1 lizard you prom
ising your husband to see that his grave
was kept green!
Constance - Well, you know I buried
him in the Everglades.—Judge.
Accounted For.
"Why do you sign your name J. John
B. B. B. Bronson?" asked Hawkins.
"Because it is my name," said Bron
son. "I was christened by a minister
who stuttered." —Life.
A Modern Monte Crlftto.
" You are the world to me, dear May I"
With Instinct One
She murmured: "William, you msy isy,
Like Monte Crlatoln the play:
'Tho world U mine" "
—Puck.
Knows llow to CM It,
"This is my strong point," softly
hummed the mosquito, inserting it in
the sleeping victim's nose. —ChicogQ
Tribune.
Chance for l>U|>l»y.
He—What are these hairless dogs
good for?
f ie—To cover up, of course.—N. Y.
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